Rent movie - Tango: Maureen lyrics
rate me<br>
[The lot. JOANNE is reexamining the cable connections for the umpteenth time.]<br>
<br>
[MARK]<br>
<br>
And so into the abyss...The lot. Where a small stage is <br>
partially set up.<br>
<br>
[JOANNE]<br>
<br>
[playing with some wires]<br>
"Line in"...<br>
I went to Harvard for this?<br>
<br>
[MARK]<br>
<br>
Close on Mark's nose dive.<br>
<br>
[JOANNE]<br>
<br>
"Line out"...<br>
<br>
[MARK]<br>
<br>
Will he get out of here alive...?<br>
<br>
[JOANNE notices MARK approaching.]<br>
<br>
[JOANNE]<br>
<br>
Mark?<br>
<br>
[MARK]<br>
<br>
Hi.<br>
<br>
[JOANNE]<br>
<br>
I told her not to call you<br>
<br>
[MARK]<br>
<br>
That's Maureen<br>
But can I help since I'm here<br>
<br>
[JOANNE]<br>
<br>
I hired an engineer ...<br>
<br>
[MARK]<br>
<br>
Great!<br>
Well, nice to have met you<br>
<br>
[JOANNE]<br>
<br>
Wait!<br>
She's three hours late<br>
The samples won't delay<br>
But the cable --<br>
<br>
[MARK]<br>
<br>
There's another way<br>
Say something -- anything<br>
<br>
[JOANNE (into the mike)]<br>
<br>
Test -- one, two three --<br>
<br>
[MARK]<br>
<br>
Anything but that<br>
<br>
[JOANNE]<br>
<br>
This is weird<br>
<br>
[MARK]<br>
<br>
It's weird<br>
<br>
[JOANNE]<br>
<br>
Very weird<br>
<br>
[MARK]<br>
<br>
Fuckin' weird<br>
<br>
[JOANNE]<br>
<br>
I'm so mad<br>
That I don't know what to do<br>
Fighting with microphones<br>
Freezing down to my bones<br>
And to top it all off<br>
I'm with you<br>
<br>
[MARK]<br>
<br>
Feel like going insane?<br>
Got a fire in your brain?<br>
And you're thinking of drinking gasoline?<br>
<br>
[JOANNE]<br>
<br>
As a matter of fact --<br>
<br>
[MARK]<br>
<br>
Honey, I know this act<br>
It's called the 'Tango Maureen'<br>
The Tango Maureen<br>
It's a dark, dizzy merry-go-round<br>
As she keeps you dangling<br>
<br>
[JOANNE]<br>
<br>
You're wrong<br>
<br>
[MARK]<br>
<br>
Your heart she is mangling<br>
<br>
[JOANNE]<br>
<br>
It's different with me<br>
<br>
[MARK]<br>
<br>
And you toss and you turn<br>
'Cause her cold eyes can burn<br>
Yet you yearn and you churn and rebound<br>
<br>
[JOANNE]<br>
<br>
I think I know what you mean<br>
<br>
[BOTH]<br>
<br>
The Tango Maureen<br>
<br>
[MARK]<br>
<br>
Has she ever pouted her lips<br>
And called you 'Pookie'<br>
<br>
[JOANNE]<br>
<br>
Never<br>
<br>
[MARK]<br>
<br>
Have you ever doubted a kiss or two?<br>
<br>
[JOANNE]<br>
<br>
This is spooky<br>
Did you swoon when she walked through the door?<br>
<br>
[MARK]<br>
<br>
Every time -- so be cautious<br>
<br>
[JOANNE]<br>
<br>
Did she moon over other boys --?<br>
<br>
[MARK]<br>
<br>
More than moon --<br>
<br>
[JOANNE]<br>
<br>
I'm getting nauseous<br>
[They begin to dance, with MARK leading.]<br>
<br>
[MARK]<br>
<br>
Where'd you learn to tango?<br>
<br>
[JOANNE]<br>
<br>
With the French Ambassador's daughter in her dorm <br>
room at Miss Porter's. And you?<br>
<br>
[MARK]<br>
<br>
With Nanette Himmelfarb. The Rabbi's daughter at the <br>
Scarsdale Jewish Community Center.<br>
<br>
[They switch, and JOANNE leads.]<br>
<br>
It's hard to do this backwards.<br>
<br>
[JOANNE]<br>
<br>
You should try it in heels!<br>
She cheated<br>
<br>
[MARK]<br>
<br>
She cheated<br>
<br>
[JOANNE]<br>
<br>
Maureen cheated<br>
<br>
[MARK]<br>
<br>
Fuckin' cheated<br>
<br>
[JOANNE]<br>
<br>
I'm defeated<br>
I should give up right now<br>
<br>
[MARK]<br>
<br>
Gotta look on the bright side<br>
With all of your might<br>
<br>
[JOANNE]<br>
<br>
I'd fall for her still anyhow<br>
<br>
[BOTH]<br>
<br>
When you're dancing her dance<br>
You don't stand a chance<br>
Her grip of romance<br>
Make you fall<br>
<br>
[MARK]<br>
<br>
So you think, 'Might as well'<br>
<br>
[JOANNE]<br>
<br>
"Dance a tango to hell"<br>
<br>
[BOTH]<br>
<br>
'At least I'll have tangoed at all'<br>
The Tango Maureen<br>
Gotta dance till your diva is through<br>
You pretend to believe her<br>
Cause in the end -- you can't leave her<br>
But the end it will come<br>
Still you have to play dumb<br>
Till you're glum and you bum<br>
And turn blue<br>
<br>
[MARK]<br>
<br>
Why do we love when she's mean?<br>
<br>
[JOANNE]<br>
<br>
And she can be so obscene<br>
<br>
[MARK]<br>
<br>
Try the mike<br>
<br>
[JOANNE]<br>
<br>
My Maureen (reverb: een, een, een...)<br>
<br>
[MARK]<br>
<br>
Patched<br>
<br>
[JOANNE]<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
<br>
[MARK]<br>
<br>
You know -- I feel great now!<br>
<br>
[JOANNE]<br>
<br>
I feel lousy<br>
[The pay phone rings. MARK hands it to JOANNE.]<br>
Honey, we're... [pause] Pookie?! <br>
You never call me Pookie... <br>
Forget it, we're patched.<br>
<br>
[She hangs up, looks at MARK.]<br>
<br>
[BOTH]<br>
<br>
The Tango Maureen!<br>
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